Self-loading cane truck



Nov. 17, 1925- 1,562,364

C. C. REASONER SELF LOADING CANE TRUCK Nov. 17, 1925- C. C. REASONER SELF LOADING CANE TRUCK Filed Oct. 5, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 menio'c Z67" llaakaczieaga Nov. 17, 192 5- A c. c. REASONER fsELF LOADING CANE TRUCK File O 1922 a Sheets-Sheet :5

Patented Nov; 17,

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Be it known that CLAUDE C. RnAsoNne, a citizen of the United States," residing' at Habana, Cuba, has invented new and use ful Improvements in Self-Loading Cane Trucks, of whichfthefollowing is aispeci: fication. 1

This invention relates 'to automotive vc hicles of the truck type" and proposes the construction of a yehicle which is especially designed for the transportation. of s ug r cane or the like from the field where it is harvested, being an improvement over th construction described and claimed in m Pat pnt No. 1,250,505, granted December 18, 191 7 The invention further particularly relates to the construction of apower driven truck which is operated as a hauling unit in asystem in which the truck is provided with a demountable bod completely detachable from the chassis t ereof to permit of its being deposited inone-part of a field for loading while thetruck proper is moved to another part of the field to ick up another i body similar to the first w ich'ha's inthe meantime received its load. j 3

The invention concerns itself chiefly with the solution off'the problem of the successful carrying out of this s stem of hauling and'distribution when con ucted under con-- ditions of heavy ormirey soils'such as are commonly encountered m sugar growing.

districts, one of its objects bein the provision of means whereby wide to oration in an lar and distance approach is permissib e in positioning the truck relative to the body to be picked up, another object being I v v v up to thislpoint ,is conventional and is not tions upon the-applicat on or adaptability use with any form "of. vehice construction.

Another object of the invention is '-the construction of a truck which ma verted from a lon wheel-base hai ing truck to'a short wheel ase tractor; 1; 7

With the above and other objects in view,

my invention consists. in the improved self].

loading cane truck ilhmtrated'in-the accompanying drawings, described in the follow-1 in'g specification, and particularly claimed,

and m such variations-and modifications thereof'as willbe obvious to those skilled in,

the art to which my invention relates.

be con- Iv 'In the drawihgs. accompanying and form ing a part of this specification and wherein the preferred-embodiment of my invention i is illustrated? j I j.' "Figure"1" is a side elevation of my im-- proved self loading. truck showingthe body. in process of elevation.v

Figure 2 in plan view of the same, parts thereof being in section.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the truck, illus trating the mode of o ration b y which'the truck moves 'tdwvard .t e body prior tofand "during" the elevating of the latter;

Figure 4. is aiside elevation of the truck converted into .al short-coupledv tractor.

. Figure 5 is-aiplan view of one of the truckbodies, parts being broken awa Figure 6 is'a perspective view of the metallic nose of said body.

figures, the numeral 1 represents the chassis" frame of an automotive-truck of-the four wheel drive type, the wheels 2 being driven fromthe transmission 3 by means of forward and rear cardenshafts 4-and 5 respectively.. These shafts v operate bevel gear, mechanism which is indicated in Fi 1 by the reference character 6, which mec anismc transmits power throughthe front and rear differentials 9'to the jack shafts 10. These in turn rotate thesp'ur gears 'Z, the latter Referring now in detail to the several meshing with internal gearing 8 which is secured to the driving wheels The truck is also power steeredthrough the carden" shaft 11. The transmission 3 is connectedwith thegi nternal combustion engine, .not

shown, by means of the universal shaft 12; The construction that has been described to be understood as'i'm sing any limitaof m mvention to A1 plurality-of shafts 13, and 15 "are secured transversely of the frame. 1, the last mentioned of said shafts being located at the extreme rear of said frame and the.

others at an intermediate rtion which -is' Anti-friction rollers 16,- 17' and 18 are journalled on the projecting endsof these-shafts the rolle'rsfion'the rear shaft-bein form longer than those on the others afts for v 0.1m occupied by the of the "truck.

eled flange 19, the rollers being held upon I said shafts by means of the nuts 20.

The rearmost shaft is also'furnished with a central roller 21, which is freely mounted thereupon and intermediate the two end rollers 18.

The body of the truck may be of any suitable size or shape and is designed with a view to, utilizing a standard chassis. A plu- 1 ral-ity of bodies is provided, one of which is shown inthe drawings associated with the chassis, the usual procedure when operating the truck being to distribute the bodies at intervals through the field, to be filled with the harvested product, the truck then carrying away onebody while the others are being filled. To accomplish this purpose the bodies are preferably made with longitudinal sill members 22, Figure 5, which are mounted in operative relation to a metallic nose 23, said bodies being constructed of any desired form or size. The metal nose 23 is rounded as shown at 2-1 to make. a continuous curve whicl i culminates in the apex 25.

25 A hook 26 isprovided on the metallic nose for the purpose of attaching a cable thereto. The self loading truck is provided with a single hoisting drum 27 which is preferably located above the transmission 3 and Q is driven therefrom, the clutch 28 being associated therewith for the purpose of operating the hoist drum at will independently of the tractive ,driving mechanism. A single cable 29 is attached at one end to said drum 3 and passes between the vertical guide rollers a truck stops. The truck and body ma v, for

instance, be in the relative positions shown in full lines in Figure 3. The first act of the .driver is to extend the cable 29 a sulficient' distance to enable him to secure it to the hook'26. He thenreleases the engine 2 clutch of his vehicle-and operates the hoistjing drum 27. When power is applied to the 'cable the truck moves re'a'rwardly toward the body. The latter being heavily loaded and having a flat bottom devoid of wheels or rollers, and being presumablyin heavy or mired ground presents "enormous frictional resistance to movement, while the truck being a. wheeled vehicle, furnished with anti-friction bearings and with the driving clutch disengaged will be readily susceptible to change 1n osition so that when the cable is tensioned t e vehicle moves It is not back into a position in which the nose of the body stands vertically below the rear- Much less' most edge of the rear rollers. power is required to bring the truck and body into junta-position in the manner described than in prior constructions in which it was necessary to draw the body toward the truck.

hen the truck has assumed the dotted line position with respect to the body,

shown in Figure 3, further draft upon the cable will cause the nose of the body to be elevated until it rests in an inclined position adjacent the back edge of the roller 21 or either of the rollers 18. In this position the entire body is elevated from the ground with the exception of the back edge thereof which still bears a large share of the load and opposes a greater resistance to movement by the winding of the cable than does the truck which continues to move rearwardly beneath the body, further elevating the latter, until it reaches a position such is shown in Figure. -1 in which the body is almost balanced upon the rollers 18. If the body has been approached angularly, as shown at Figure 3, it will, upon reaching the position shown in Figure 1 lie against: the flanged ends of one or both of the rear 'rollers 18 ready to be guided thereby .into a position of parallelism with the longitudinal dimension of the truck as soon as the rear end of said body has been lifted from the ground. A slight additional pull.

on the cable 29 brings the body to the teetering point, elevating the rear end thereof, said body at once swinging into place, guided by the flanged rollers 18, the latter acting also as difi'erential rollers, and moving in opposite directions, facilitating the turning of the loaded body. When the latter has assumed a longitudinal position the longitudinal sills thereof settle down upon the rollers 16 and 17 over which the body is drawn forward to its normal position upon the truck chassis. The central location of t-hevertical rollers 30 between which i t-he cable "passes, enables. the handling of the body at a mhch greater angle to the longitudinal line of the truck than is possible in the device ofmy prior patent in which 1 a pair of cables are used, one on eachsi'de I of the chassis frame. .It is apparent that a single cable passing between the rollers 30 may assume greater angularity with rcspect to the longitudinal dimension of the truck without comin into interference with the flangedeniis o? the rollers 18 than would be possible. with a cable arranged more closely adjacent to said'rollers. In

addition, the use of a single cable centrall located does awaywith t e need for a di ferentiahwhich, as shown in my prior patent, was necessary in-order to take u the slack of one of the pair of cables occas oned toward the tru angularity" ofthe body by the changin in the process of elevatruck then moves forwardly fromvunder the body droppingthe latter to the ground, The chassis; frame is preferably formed in two sectionsisecured together in a bolted 'joihtiilf shown in'.Figure 2. hen the cane hauling season is at an endand it is no longer desired to operate the truck" in the manner here n described the rear section of the chassis frame may be removed by unbolting' at said joint and the axle may be taken from the rear section and secured to the" forward section forming a short coupled four wheel drive tractor, as illustrated in Figure 4. This change also necess'itates the substitution of a short-shaft 33 for the long'drive shaftj32usedjn the full length truck.

'I consider that my invention, resides rimarily in the broad aspects hereinbe ore set forth, andonly secondarily in the details of construction and arrangement, wherefore I do not restrict myself to the particular construction here disclosed, I but .only by the terms of the laims and state of the prior art. Z

7 Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a truck and a demountable body therefor, the latter being of such construction and load capacity as, when demounted and loaded, to exert reater frictional contact with the ground on which .it

rests than does the truck, said body converging at its forward end and adapted, when partially demounted, to rest with one end supported upon said truck and at anacute' angle to the longitudinal dimension of the latter, means connecting said truck and body for shifting the center of support of said body upon said truck toward the center of mass of the former, and means supporting said body and operative when the latter longitudinally of the truck.

reaches its teetering point to align said body 2. In combination, a truck having inde-- pendently movable supporting means mounted thereon, a demountable body .of

such construction and .load capacity as,

when demounted and loaded, to exert greater frictional contact" with the ground on which it rests than doesthe truck, said body, v converging at its forward end and adapted,

when partially demounted, to rest with one end upon said truck and at an acute angle to the longitudinal dimension of the latter,

teetering point, to align body u on said truck towardthe center of able supporting ,means being constructed when the body "reaches its teeteringpoint to guide said body' into longitudinal alignment with the truck. i

3'. In combination, a truck havinga series I of guide rollers mounted on op osite sides thereof, a demountable body 0 such construction and'load capacity as, when domounted and loaded, to exert greater frictional contact with the ground on which it rests than does said truck, said body havend and adapted, when partiallydemounted, to'rest with one end upon said truck at an acute angle to the longitudinal dimension f of the latter, meansconnecting said truck and bodyforshifting the center of supportv ends, a demounta le body having sills adapted to travel along said rollers, said body being of such construction and load means for connecting said truck and body .for shifting the center of support of said 4. mass 0 saidbody, said independently 1nov-" I 8o 7, ing: sills adapted to trayel along said guide rollers, said body converging at its forward capacity as, when demounted and. loaded,

v to exert greater frictional contact with the ground on which it restsv than does the.

truck, said body converging at its forward end and adapted when partially demounted to rest with one end upon said truck atan acute angle to the longitudinal dimension thereof, means connecting said truck and body for shifting the center .of S p I 7 toward the center of mass offsaid body,.the flange s of the rollers being adaptedto en gage said sills, and operative when the body reaches its teetering point to align said sills longitudinally of said truck, said rollers beingfrietionall movable with the-movements of said bo y.

- 5. In combination, a-truck, a row ofrollers mounted transversely adjacent the rear end thereof, the outsiderollers being flanged at their outer ends, a demountable body having sills adapted to travel along said. rollers, said body being of such construction and load capacity as, when demounted and loaded, to exert greater frictional contact with the ground on which itrests than does the truck, said body converging at its forward end and adapted when, partially demounted to' rest with one end upon said truck at an acute angle to the longitudinal dimension thereof, means connecting s aid truck and bod and actuated by said truck for shifting t e center of support toward .the center ofanass of said body, the flanges of the rows being adapted to engage said sills, and operative when the body reaches its teetering point to align said sills longitudinallyofsaid truck, said rollers being frictionally movable with the movements of said body,

tion and load capacity as, when demounted and loaded, to exert greater frictional contact with the ground on which it rests than does the truck, saidbody converging at its forward end and adapted when partially demounted to rest with one end upon said truck at an acute angle to the longitudinal dimension thereof, a drum on said truck, means for operating said drum, a flexible connection between said truck and body for shifting the centenof support toward the center of mass of said body, the rollers be ing adapted to engage the sills, and operative when the body reaches its teetering point to align said sills longitudinally of said truck, the latter being frictionally movable with the movements of said body.

7. In combination, a truck and a demountable body therefor, said body having a ground-engaging surface of greater fric tional characteristic than the tractive parts of said truck, said body converging at its forward endand adapted "to rest with one end supported upon 'said truck and at an acute angle tothe longitudinal dimension thereof, means connecting said vehicle and body when the latter ispartially demounted, said means'being operative to draw said truck to a position beneath said body, and means on said truck for aligning said body with said truck. v

In testimony whereof I allix my si nature.

' CLAUDE C. REASO ER. 

